The jury trial for a Vacaville man accused of killing the mother of his two children in 2011 shifted to the defense case on Wednesday with witnesses testifying about his loving and nonviolent character.

Sidney David Eugene Wilson, 34, is charged with murder for the Sept. 8, 2011, gunshot slaying of Victoria "Vicky" Corral, who was shot multiple times in the garage of the Cambridge Drive home they shared with their children. The slaying was witnessed by Corral's teenage daughter, who previously testified that the pair had been in an argument that evening.

After several law enforcement witnesses who testified to the condition of the crime scene in the home's garage where Corral was found, along with the 30-minutes it took for Wilson to surrender to police, prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Terry Ray rested her case on Wednesday.

That set the stage for Wilson's defense counsel, Deputy Public Defender Nick Filloy, to call witnesses to testify about his client's rough childhood, yet, nonviolent nature. Filloy told jurors in his opening statement last week that they would not find Wilson guilty of murder, instead, saying the facts of the case amounted to voluntary manslaughter.

An aunt testified that Wilson loved Corral, but acknowledged the pair had arguments. However, the arguments were one way, with Corral acting as the aggressor.

On cross-examination, the women were confronted with a handful of allegations of abuse Wilson had inflicted on Corral in the years before her death. The relatives testified that they were not aware of the incidents, and routinely said that it did not change their opinion of his nonviolent nature.

Filloy also played for jurors several short videos of Corral's teenage daughter talking to investigators after the shooting in which she describes him as walking around the garage "scared," and as if he didn't know what he had just done.

The trial is set to resume at 10 a.m. today in the Fairfield courtroom of Judge Wendy G. Getty. Wilson has pleaded not guilty and remains in Solano County Jail custody.